I am looking for a college no bigger than about 20,000 (undergrads) that offers majors in the area of communications, business management, or public relations. My W GPA is 4.60 and SAT is 1510 and I would like a college not as selective as ivy leagues, but not above around 40% (to give you an idea, I like Macalaster, Colby, Colgate and Lafayette but they don’t have the majors I want). Any reccomendendations?
University of Richmond ?
U of Miami has around 11K undergrads, and has a School of Communications that includes a specific PR major, as well as a range of undergraduate majors in the School of Business. With an acceptance rate around 36% it seems to be right in the zone that you’re looking for. Syracuse (15K undergrads) could be a fit too - its overall acceptance rate is over 40% but the business and communication schools are more competitive, and there’s a specific dual-major program between the two https://whitman.syr.edu/programs-and-academics/programs/whitman-undergraduate-experience/curriculum/dual-programs/newhouse-school.aspx
Elon’s Communications school is great, one of the things they brag about, and it did look impressive on our visit (son is considering Elon but is not a Comm. major); could be a safety for you.
For a somewhat smaller student body without losing the availability of both business and communications majors, Villanova could be a fit too. Also Tulane, whose admit rate is under 30% now but in range with some of the schools you say you like.
You have a lot of great options meeting your criteria – Wake Forest, Emory, Northeastern, Tulane, Notre Dame, Boston College, RIce, Case Western Reserve, to name a few.
Well, not Rice. They have no undergrad business or communications majors. (A business minor only.) And their admit rate this year was under 9%, anyway.
The others definitely have business majors; they just don’t have the range of communications/PR options of a school that has a full-blown communications program. It’s a question of OP’s priorities - is it more important to have fully-fleshed-out programs available in all of his/her areas of interest, or is it more important to like the overall experience at the school and have at least one workable major?
Ithaca (6200 undergrads) has an excellent school of communications. With your stats, it’d be a safety/safe match.
https://www.ithaca.edu/academics/roy-h-park-school-communications
Anyone who’s absolutely sure about majoring in communications or PR can hardly do much better than Emerson (3800 undergrads) in Boston.
In addition to the University of Richmond–which offers generous scholarships–you may do well at the University of Virginia. (Virginia has almost 16,000 full time undergraduates which is within your guidelines, but the graduate school population may push the total student body number above 20,000.)
Syracuse University, as noted above, should be a target school for you based on your interests.
SMU has all of the majors you are seeking. SMU has a very good business school, is not too large, and is located in Dallas, which is a great town. There is a large merchandise mart in Dallas if you are interested in the apparel industry. You would be a strong candidate for a large merit award at SMU. Look into applying for the Hunt Scholarship. All applicants are considered for most of the merit awards, but some require a separate application. https://www.smu.edu/Admission/Academics/Majors/MajorsGrid
Wake Forest
For accuracy sake for OP…up-thread it was mentioned that Tulane’s admit rate is under 30% now. At 13% this year, yes, it is quite a bit under 30%.